The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-01-08

you can: | will meet you at tn station
aud INTRODUCES Won 10 her. Gelieye me, my
dear Lyndon, very SIN, erriy yours.
ALEXANDER SMITH.
{ This wa, just lilile rpleXing Three
ladies' TO escort TO the North Surely 1t
was hard upon the Colonel,
lie had heard of Miss Veronica Browne,
who il consequence OF her large wealth,
lively manner, and eurously interesting
/ story, had been one of the sensations of the
season, aud lie believed. from what he
heard, that she was exceedingly Well able 10
take care of herself But Alexander Smith
was an old friend. If he chose To so
through the formality of an introduction at
the station, the Colonel felt that he was
bound to make himself agreeable, if not
+ useful.
The third letter was in the handwriting
Of his charming, tlighty young friend, Fer
cy Winstanley; and as the Colonel believed
him to have been ON his way to Africa by
this time, he looked at it with some sur
prise. 1t dated from Plymou hthen he
had not started. This was stInge.
The Colonel opened the letter hastily
DEAR COLONEL" Wrote the young fell
low, II gather from Your last that you are
of TO the Highlands. VIII YOU be sur
prlsed If tell You that |, Percy Winstan
ley, mean to travel north III the same train?
1t is a long story, which | can tell you when
We meet. Thunderstorms off the Lands
End; negligence somewhere--the Samar-
cand broke down, put in at Plym-
outh; won't be able to travel for Mt
least fortnight. In these fourteen
blessed days, which are given TO me
By my indulgent country for r>s cwn pur-
poses, | mean to rush up to Etuick, and
have one more look nj the dear old place
and the dear old people before l go. What
fun 1t Will be! l shall do the melo- dramatic
burst upon them like meteor, take every
one by surprise. But as | know YOU, my
dear mentor, would certainly spot me dur
ing the journey, take YOU into my conf
dence. Look for me early in the morning
after YOU receive this. We can dine to-
gether and then hooray for the North
Yours, in haste and affection,
Percy WINsTANLEY."
There was pleasant light in the
Colonel's eyes as he read this ELUSIVE let
ter. "Extrayagant young beggar!f he muir
INJURED. Just like him. Well he's not a
son of minel' and then he began to feel
glad that he would have n young friend
with him to take part in the onerous duties
| of the journey, and TO think, with Il
satisfaction which irradiated his sunburnt
face, of the rapture his little friend Alilly
would experience, when she would see IN
| the crowded station the beloved brother
over whose absence she had been shedding
SO many bitter tears.
| As these moments of kindly feeling give
| an additional grace to even the best-favored
| of moltals, we will seize the present oppor-
| tunity for giving slight sketch OF our
! Colonels appearance and manners. OF
bis precise age we cannot speak definitely.
! And, indeed, there was diversity of opin-
! ion on this point. An old-fashloned young
man, o. a Young fashioned old man either
! of these descriptions might have applied TO
| him. He was not certainly IN the least like
the young nan or the elderly man who is
| ordinarily to be met with in London draw
| ing in the season. 1t was due, prob
ably. to his long absence from England
that he had not caught up with the manner
of the time. He spoke quietly, and fin
! lshed his sentences properly. When he adj
| dressed ladies II was with courlness of
manner which, while it amused them on
first introduction-their cousins, brothers,
and uncles having accustomed them to so
different style of behavior proved, after
| time, particularly fascinating to them. The
| Colonel, moreover, had not learned the code
of signals which do duty for witty t1lk
among q certain class In society. lie could
not converse in Jerks and bursts, and not q
| few of the expressions that were current
coin in fashionable circles seemed to
him positively ill-mannered. Many of his
acquaintance called him formal; but to
most of them there was something refresh
ing about his formality. II love to talk TO
Colonel Lyndon" said one well-known
lady, who ruled society by her beauty and
wit at this time; she is not afraid of being
| original Others said that the Colonel was
sympathetic, that he seemed to know by
instinct what would be interesting to his
companion Of the moment.